New English Translation
Proverbs 11:27
27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil – it will come to him.
Proverbs 11:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
- New International Version (NIV)Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whoever diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who earnestly seeks good finds favor, But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.
Context of Proverbs 11:27
25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied. 26People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it. The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil – it will come to him. 28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf. 29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:27 word by word
שֹׁ֣חֵֽר ט֭וֹב יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ רָצ֑וֹן וְדֹרֵ֖שׁ רָעָ֣ה תְבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:27
- Proverbs 17:11An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
- Psalms 7:15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
- Psalms 9:15The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
- Psalms 10:2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.
- Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:27
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27Procureth - Better, striveth after. He who desires good, absolutely, for its own sake, is also unconsciously striving after the favor which attends goodness.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27Verse 27 Seeking mischief is here set against seeking good; for those that are not doing good are doing hurt, even to themselves.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-3124-31. The scope of the whole is a comment on Pr 11:23. Thus liberality, by God's blessing, secures increase, while penuriousness, instead of expected gain, procures poverty.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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